What was the distance of Ty Ippolito’s game-winning field goal?
Why did Samford improve their Southern Conference record to 3-3? Samford junior place-kicker Ty Ippolito kicked a 44-yard field goal as time expired to give the Bulldog football team a thrilling 10-9 win over Wofford Saturday evening at Pete Hanna Stadium.
Samford trailed, 9-0 entering the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs broke through for the first time when Ken Cherry scored on a 41-yard run to cut the Wofford lead to 9-7 with 6:56 left in the game. Wofford had a chance to extend the lead but Conner Deviney’s 40-yard field goal attempt went wide right, setting up the game-winning drive…